[robg adds: Interesting -- this works. It is a bit tricky to time, but I was able to consistenly get iPhoto opening in the background after a bit of practice. How odd ... I'm not sure if this works in Jaguar or not.]
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You can open Cocoa applications in the background while maintaining your current application in the foreground simply by double-clicking on said app's dock icon at a fast-paced rhythm. The double-click pace takes a little practice to get, but it's worth it for apps like iPhoto that take a bit to load.
[robg adds: Interesting -- this works. It is a bit tricky to time, but I was able to consistenly get iPhoto opening in the background after a bit of practice. How odd ... I'm not sure if this works in Jaguar or not.]
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Open Cocoa applications in the background
Hm... no matter how fast I double-click, this doesn't work. Did I miss anything?
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Ditto that. This doesn't work on my 800 mhz G3 iBook no matter how many times I click the icon, how fast I click it, using the track button or an external Logitech USB mouse.
Click Speed
Actually, speed is not the key.
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Hmm - you do seem to be correct - I got it to work with about 1/8 of a second between clicks as you suggested. The original hint said to double click quickly.. I guess my normal double click speed is a *lot* faster than this, because even at my normal speed it doesn't work... So actually, the hint should say that you should double click at a medium speed...
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Doesn't work for me either.. I've tried lots of different clicking speeds...
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Actually it does work, but it IS a little hard to get the hang of the right speed. Honestly I wonder if this is really a bug rather than a feature. My results were pretty hit and miss. Out of about 6 attempts at launching iCal using this, I was successful in 3, so it's about 50-50, at least for me.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I cannot replicate this action either but can open an application in the background by clicking on the icon to open it and then click-hold on the icon until it stops bouncing.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
That's cool,
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I couldn't get this to work at all in Panther. I did, however, notice that as soon as I opened a cocoa app, (namely iPhoto), the active window would dim, and it would make iPhoto the front app.
However, if right after I click on iPhoto I click on the app I was working with, iPhoto will open in the background. For those of us whose computers take more than a nanosecond to load iPhoto, (I'm looking at you, dual G-5ers...) then this should work...
Open Cocoa applications in the background
It worked for me but I must say its hard to get it to work consistently especially with a trackpad. Interesting but I'm sure its a "feature" only.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Triple-clicking works for me! But you have to be fast -- finish all three clicks before the app is fully loaded.
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YUP!!!!!!
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I agree, that's the only way I could get it to work too. Thanks!
Open Cocoa applications in the background
This must be a biitch for people who have a fast computer like a G5, cuz then their apps load before they have a chance to finish right clicking..
Open Cocoa applications in the background
From what i can tell if u double click but hold the second click till the app opens it will drop into the back ground. You only have to do it till the icon stops bouncing (if u have that turned on) or until the little arrow shows up
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I get it to work by tripple-clicking the icon in the dock or by clicking the icon and then holding the mouse button down on a second click. It even works when opening the Text Edit app on my cube.. :-)
Odd thing.. It works for Carbon apps as well, for what it matters.
Running 10.3 on a 450 MHz G4 Cube.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Yup, works in Jaguar 10.2.8 with three clicks really fast.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I've tried the various combinations in 10.2.6. The most reliable way seem to be to double click rather slowly. I've always wanted a way to have Mail stay in the background. This seems to work.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I could get it to work in Jaguar with both a double click and triple click - but not if the double click is too fast.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I've got a feeling the people getting it to work with triple clicks are having luck because that's forcing them to slow down their click speed to the point where the first and last clicks fall at the right spacing.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
I couldn't get it to work with double or triple clicks on my 17" Powerbook. However, every time I tried HOLDING the second click, it worked perfectly.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Someone else mentioned this, but few responded.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
This has to be a bug. Double-clicking REALLY fast? TRIPLE-clicking? On my Ti, when it works, the application menu still shows the name of the app I just launched, but the active window is from the previous app.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Here's the definitive answer: click once, then click the second time when the bouncing dock icon has reached the peak of the first bounce.
Open Cocoa applications in the background
Ahh... this explains why when opening a folder nested in another folder I get the last one opened behind and not in front of the previous. (too fast clicking?). But I thought the Finder was not Cocoa yet.
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It seems to be very different from user to user. Me, for example - I can't even get them to start up in the FOREGROUND. Major bug, it seems.
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NO. you dont need to double click real fast, or triple click, or click in some rediculous timing with the dock bounce. |
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